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Heritage

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you hang your heritage around your neck
tucked between your collarbone
to catch the vibrations of your throat
to study and interpret
until you know the secrets of its cadence

laying at your side
my blood runs weak
worn weary by foreign filters
my past pillaged and raped
as it is pulled from my veins

you hold me close
wrapping me in the language of your heart
a tongue I can’t discern
so I lay in silence
letting the vibrations wash over me
as I lay white tipped hand
on tan chest
a poem about the past and the present, and possibly a little future
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Meh1220's avatar
amazingly simple yet, it is so copmpicated. it speaks of society in a way that is so true, and hidden yet obvious. you tell the life story of every interracial couple on earth....
Go you!